Толковый словарь английского языка - wriggle
Wriggle
wriggle
I. verb (~d; wriggling) see: wry Date: 15th century intransitive verb to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm ; squirm , to move or advance by twisting and turning, to extricate or insinuate oneself or reach a goal as if by wriggling, transitive verb to cause to move in short quick contortions, to introduce, insinuate, or bring into a state or place by or as if by wriggling, wriggly adjective II. noun Date: 1709 a short or quick writhing motion or contortion, a formation or marking of sinuous design
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of a worm etc.) twist or turn its body with short writhing movements. 2 intr. (of a person or animal) make wriggling motions. 3 tr. & intr. (foll. by along etc.) move or go in this way (wriggled into the corner; wriggled his hand into the hole). 4 tr. make (one's way) by wriggling. 5 intr. practise evasion. --n. an act of wriggling. Phrases and idioms wriggle out of colloq. avoid on a contrived pretext. Derivatives wriggler n. wriggly adj. Etymology: ME f. MLG wriggelen frequent. of wriggen ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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